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• March 17, 2009
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Pauline Hanson ... as she appeared on Dancing with the Stars, the newspaper cutting purporting to show her, and on the campaign trail in Queensland.

Pauline Hanson's humiliation over near-nude photos is making world news, with coverage in Britain, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa.

Ms Hanson yesterday forcefully denied that raunchy photos splashed across News Ltd papers on Sunday were of her, as News Ltd and Jack Johnson - who supplied the pictures - stood by their stories.

But her embarrassment went international almost as soon as the story made waves locally.

In Britain, The Times reported that "mystery surrounds a set of nude pictures allegedly taken 30 years ago of the Australian far-right politician Pauline Hanson".

The paper described Ms Hanson's denials as "increasingly indignant", and interpreted Mr Johnson's rhetorical question last night on Today Tonight - "but what if I'm wrong?" - as "an apparent admission that he may have misidentified the woman".

The Independent described the scandal as another dent to an already damaged reputation.

"It's hard to imagine that the reputation of Pauline Hanson, the former fish and chip shop owner turned right-wing firebrand, could sink any lower in Australia," it said.

"But today her few remaining fans were cringing following the publication of raunchy photographs of her posing in lingerie, and nearly naked."

In Singapore, where Ms Hanson attracted intense attention in the late 1990s after her comments about the levels of Asian immigration, The Straits Times latched onto the story.

It led its report with Ms Hanson's apparent willingness to show her navel, and described Ms Hanson as a "far-right" politician.

"Hanson will bare belly button," its headline read.

The story continued: "Far-right Australian politician Pauline Hanson said on Monday she was suing newspapers that published raunchy photos supposedly showing her partially nude, saying the pictures were not of her." Continued...

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